NJ US Atty Trio Booted In 2nd Leadership Ouster

By George Woolston

A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

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Gorsuch Urges Jury Right Consideration In Release Violations

By Elizabeth Daley

The U.S. Supreme Court should have reviewed the case of a man whose sentence for sex trafficking was eventually extended beyond the congressional maximum for violating the terms of his release, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote Monday.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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Ex-NJ Child Welfare IT Tech Indicted In Bribe-For-Info Scheme

By Parker Quinlan

A former IT employee with New Jersey's Department of Children and Families has been indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly posing as a caseworker and taking bribes in exchange for confidential information about an ongoing agency investigation.

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Proposed Changes To NJ Atty Ethics Rules Raise Worry In Bar

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court is weighing a slate of proposed ethics rule changes requiring attorneys to update their online presences, including email and voicemail, when disbarred, suspended or on disability-inactive status — drawing concern from the state bar and, in particular, for small firms and solo practitioners.

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Judge Won't Strike Edited Photo In Ohtani Baseball Fight

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida judge rejected a bid Monday by a claimant to a record-breaking home run ball by baseball star Shohei Ohtani to strike another claimant's motion because of an edited photo, ruling that editing a photo for color and clarity does not make a photo inadmissible.

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DOJ Official Calls Live Nation Deal Win-Win As AGs Press On

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department's midtrial settlement with Live Nation on Monday created an instant rift with more than two dozen state attorneys general who vowed to press forward instead of accepting a deal that requires online ticketing technology to be open-sourced and forces the company to divest control over at least 13 amphitheaters.

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DOJ Deal With Live Nation Throws Antitrust Trial Into Disarray

By Pete Brush

U.S. Department of Justice lawyers told a Manhattan federal judge Monday that the government is settling its claims that Live Nation engaged in unlawful monopolization by tying ticket sales to the use of its venues, throwing an ongoing trial involving dozens of states into an uncertain posture.

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White House Says Fight Over Energy Emergency Order Is DOA

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration has urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, saying blue states haven't alleged anything that a court can review.

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Ohio Judge Won't Shield Kalshi's Sports Contracts

By Aislinn Keely

An Ohio federal judge declined to block Kalshi's sports event contracts from state gambling regulators' scrutiny in a Monday order that found the wagers don't appear to be swaps under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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Einhorn Barbarito Brings On 6 Donnelly Minter Litigators In NJ

By Jake Maher

Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC added a team of six attorneys from the firm formerly known as Donnelly Minter & Kelly LLC effective Monday, including a new co-chair for its commercial litigation and ethics practices.

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Alexander's Announces $235M Queens Shopping Center Sale

By Isaac Monterose

Alexander's Inc. will sell a vacant 338,000-square-foot Queens, New York, shopping center to healthcare provider Northwell Health Inc. for $235 million, the real estate investment trust announced Monday.

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When MDLs Drag, State Courts Can Speed Mass Tort Results

Understanding the structural dynamics that can delay resolution in multidistrict litigation is essential to understanding why a state court strategy is sometimes not merely attractive, but necessary for plaintiffs seeking timely and just outcomes, say attorneys at DiCello Levitt.

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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous

By Lauren Berg

A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.

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Employment Law Cases Have Rebounded Except For FLSA

By Max Kutner

Employment law cases overall have bounced back from pandemic-era lows, especially discrimination and disability accommodation suits, though a slump has continued for Fair Labor Standards Act claims, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein To Be Sentenced In June

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate

By Adrian Cruz

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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K&L Gates IP Atty Tapped For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

A K&L Gates intellectual property litigator will become the Washington State Supreme Court's first justice of Middle Eastern descent, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Monday, announcing his pick to replace veteran retiring Justice Barbara Madsen.

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